Teapot
1896 (made)
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Object Type
Teapots seemed always to offer scope for the designer's imagination. Some examples used camels, monkeys or people as figures of fun, completely abandoning any relevance and entering the realms of novelty and sometimes of impracticability. This teapot borders on the whimsical and would certainly have provided a topic for conversation at teatime.
Materials & Making
The complex shape added considerably to the difficulties of making and applying the pattern. It was slip-cast in a convoluted mould but the material is earthenware (the cheapest to fire) and the decoration is transfer-printed.
Design & Designing
This highly elaborate teapot shows an Indian scene, with an elephant, British and Indian people and hunting dogs. Traditionally Chinese shapes and decoration were the most common for teawares, but here, in the Victorian days of Empire, India was favoured.
Teapots seemed always to offer scope for the designer's imagination. Some examples used camels, monkeys or people as figures of fun, completely abandoning any relevance and entering the realms of novelty and sometimes of impracticability. This teapot borders on the whimsical and would certainly have provided a topic for conversation at teatime.
Materials & Making
The complex shape added considerably to the difficulties of making and applying the pattern. It was slip-cast in a convoluted mould but the material is earthenware (the cheapest to fire) and the decoration is transfer-printed.
Design & Designing
This highly elaborate teapot shows an Indian scene, with an elephant, British and Indian people and hunting dogs. Traditionally Chinese shapes and decoration were the most common for teawares, but here, in the Victorian days of Empire, India was favoured.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, lead-glazed, transfer-printed, painted and gilded |
| Brief description | Earthenware teapot, Burgess & Leigh, Burslem, designed 1896 |
| Physical description | TEAPOT copying the design of the biscuit tin |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Regd shape 281721','Rd.no.285771'printed in brown; applied 'Rd.281' and 'R' impressed on teapot; 'Regd shape 281721' printed in brown, patent '688082', 'B' and 'L' on lid |
| Gallery label | British Galleries:
This teapot has two registered numbers. The first number protects the shape of the teapot and the second protects the printed design. When Burgess & Leigh made these registrations, they copied a successful design for a biscuit tin which had been sold by Huntley & Palmer since 1894. In this case the legislation protected the original maker and Burgess & Leigh agreed to produce monochrome versions only.(27/03/2003) |
| Credit line | Given by Michael Franklin |
| Object history | Made by Burgess & Leigh, Middleport Pottery, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire |
| Summary | Object Type Teapots seemed always to offer scope for the designer's imagination. Some examples used camels, monkeys or people as figures of fun, completely abandoning any relevance and entering the realms of novelty and sometimes of impracticability. This teapot borders on the whimsical and would certainly have provided a topic for conversation at teatime. Materials & Making The complex shape added considerably to the difficulties of making and applying the pattern. It was slip-cast in a convoluted mould but the material is earthenware (the cheapest to fire) and the decoration is transfer-printed. Design & Designing This highly elaborate teapot shows an Indian scene, with an elephant, British and Indian people and hunting dogs. Traditionally Chinese shapes and decoration were the most common for teawares, but here, in the Victorian days of Empire, India was favoured. |
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| Accession number | C.277&A-1983 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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